1. Jawaharlal Nehru
Tenure: 15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964
Party: Indian National Congress
India’s first Prime Minister.
2. Gulzarilal Nanda (Interim)
Tenure: 27 May 1964 – 9 June 1964
Party: Indian National Congress
Briefly served after Nehru's death.
3. Lal Bahadur Shastri
Tenure: 9 June 1964 – 11 January 1966
Party: Indian National Congress
Known for the slogan "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan."
4. Gulzarilal Nanda (Interim)
Tenure: 11 January 1966 – 24 January 1966
Party: Indian National Congress
Interim PM after Shastri’s death.
5. Indira Gandhi
Tenure: 24 January 1966 – 24 March 1977
Party: Indian National Congress
First female Prime Minister of India.
6. Morarji Desai
Tenure: 24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
Party: Janata Party
First PM from a non-Congress party.
7. Charan Singh
Tenure: 28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980
Party: Janata Party (Secular)
Short tenure as PM.
8. Indira Gandhi
Tenure: 14 January 1980 – 31 October 1984
Party: Indian National Congress
Assassinated while in office.
9. Rajiv Gandhi
Tenure: 31 October 1984 – 2 December 1989
Party: Indian National Congress
Youngest PM of India.
10. Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Tenure: 2 December 1989 – 10 November 1990
Party: Janata Dal
Implemented Mandal Commission report.
11. Chandra Shekhar
Tenure: 10 November 1990 – 21 June 1991
Party: Samajwadi Janata Party
Short tenure.
12. P. V. Narasimha Rao
Tenure: 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996
Party: Indian National Congress
Initiated economic liberalization.
13. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Tenure: 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
First BJP PM, brief tenure.
14. H. D. Deve Gowda
Tenure: 1 June 1996 – 21 April 1997
Party: Janata Dal
From Karnataka.
15. I. K. Gujral
Tenure: 21 April 1997 – 19 March 1998
Party: Janata Dal
Known for Gujral Doctrine.
16. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Tenure: 19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Longest-serving non-Congress PM.
17. Manmohan Singh
Tenure: 22 May 2004 – 26 May 2014
Party: Indian National Congress
First Sikh PM of India.
18. Narendra Modi
Tenure: 26 May 2014 – Present
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Current PM and known for numerous economic and governance reforms.
